CROSS CULTURAL BUSINESS

BBA211 Cross Cultural Issues Task brief & rubrics

Assignment title: A report into female representation in leadership roles

Write a report into the extent to which females occupy senior management roles. You should use appropriate sections to cover the following topics:

Background and history
Current situation (regions, sectors)
Possible causes
Possible solutions e.g. political strategies
Future scenarios

You should use evidence and data to inform on the situation and include some of your own thinking and interpretation based on this evidence, for example
when discussing the viability of solutions and the outlook for the future.

Formalities:

 Wordcount: 1200 – 1300
 Font: Arial 12 pts.
 Text alignment: Justified.
 The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week 8– Via Moodle (Turnitin). 18 July 2021 at 23:59 CEST

Weight: This task is a 60% of your total grade for this subject.
It assesses the following learning outcomes:

 Writing in the style of a report
 Searching and evaluating suitable sources
 Presenting credible evidence
 Critical thinking through analysis and interpretation of evidence
 Referencing following Harvard conventions (reference list and in text quotation or paraphrasing)

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69
Knowledge &

Understanding
(35%)

Student demonstrates
excellent understanding of
key concepts and uses
vocabulary in an entirely
appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates
good understanding of the
task and mentions some
relevant concepts and
demonstrates use of the
relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the
task and provides
minimum theory and/or
some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the
task and attempts to answer
the question but does not
mention key concepts or
uses minimum amount of
relevant vocabulary.

Critical Thinking
(35%)

Student critically assesses
in excellent ways, drawing
outstanding conclusions
from relevant authors.

Student critically assesses
in good ways, drawing
conclusions from relevant
authors and references.

Student provides some
insights but stays on the
surface of the topic.
References may not be
relevant.

Student makes little or none
critical thinking insights,
does not quote appropriate
authors, and does not
provide valid sources.

Communication
(30%)

Student communicates
their ideas extremely
clearly and concisely,
respecting word count,
grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates
their ideas clearly and
concisely, respecting word
count, grammar and
spellcheck

Student communicates
their ideas with some
clarity and concision. It
may be slightly over or
under the wordcount
limit. Some misspelling
errors may be evident.

Student communicates their
ideas in a somewhat unclear
and unconcise way. Does
not reach or does exceed
wordcount excessively and
misspelling errors are
evident.